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CHINA: Geely Tops China Sales, Beijing Adds EV Quotas and BYD Recalls 90,000 Hybrids | 24 Feb 2026

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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GEELY TOPS CHINA JANUARY SALES AS BYD SLUMPS https://evne.ws/4tXskFy

BEIJING ADDS 80,000 BEV QUOTAS FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/4kW9zOD

BEIJING ADDS 80,000 EV QUOTAS FOR 2026 https://evne.ws/4s18mI2

BYD RECALLS 87,762 QIN PLUS DM-I IN CHINA https://evne.ws/4aTr8dB

HYUNDAI TO EXPORT CHINA-BUILT ELEXIO TO AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/4tXsr3W

MG PHEV SUV TEST MULE SPOTTED NEAR HALOL https://evne.ws/4aLWC5g

XIAOMI LISTS ELECTRIC SCOOTER 6 ULTRA GLOBALLY https://evne.ws/4qVz7gb

XPENG’S ARIDGE READIES £220,000 ROAD-TO-AIRCRAFT HYBRID https://evne.ws/3OvLiTq

FARLEY WARNS CHINA EV PRICES FORCE FORD CUTS https://evne.ws/3MEqV5Z

TOFU BRINE BATTERY TARGETS GRID STORAGE, NOT EVS https://evne.ws/4aTo3KF

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0:00.0

Potential.

0:02.0

Potential can sometimes feel daunting, scary.

0:06.0

But today's the day you decide to act on it,

0:10.0

with a higher technical qualification.

0:13.0

Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want,

0:18.0

because today is your day. When anything is possible, if you make it happen.

0:25.3

It all starts with skills. See how you can get started. Search skills for life. Potential. Potential can

0:33.5

sometimes feel daunting, scary. But today's the day you decide to act on it with a higher technical qualification.

0:43.2

Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want

0:47.8

because today is your day.

0:51.5

When anything is possible, if you make it happen. It all starts with skills. See how

0:57.4

you can get started. Search skills for life. Welcome back to EV News. China. Today, Gili tops China sales.

1:05.0

Beijing adds EV quotas and BYD recalls 90,000 hybrids plus stay tuned. Later in the show, I'll tell you how university researchers have developed a water-based battery that uses tofu brine as its electrolytes.

1:21.5

Welcome to EV News, China, the podcast dedicated to the world's largest electric vehicle market every day.

1:28.3

You hear the latest headlines, insights and analysis from the heart of China's booming

1:33.0

EV industry, and I decode how fast-moving developments in the East shaped the global landscape.

1:38.9

Gili sold the most electric vehicles last month in January in China.

1:43.9

Gili actually sold a total of 270,000

1:48.0

vehicles in January, and that tops China's domestic passenger car market, and it unseats BYD for

1:54.6

the first time in years. The shift came as a key prop for EV demand faded. Well, China's purchase tax exemption on EVs ended at the end of

2:04.4

2025 and now buyers face a halved reduction. Instead, the change sparked the year-end buying spree

2:11.5

that pulled demand forward, but left January with no pent-up DV demand. BYD took the hit. In January, BYD's EV

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